Fact #105890
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Short story:
Pink Floyd enter the UK singles chart with their second single, See Emily Play, which will peak at No6. They also play a gig at Bradford University, Yorkshire, UK.
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Peter Jenner (manager) : They were overnight successes. We started in the Summer of 1966 and by Christmas they'd had a double-page spread in the Melody Maker and a big feature in Queen by Nik Cohn without even having a record out. All the records were hits. In business terms, it was incredibly easy. I knew the band were breaking when I came up to the UFO Club and seeing all these kids flooding round the corner with their gear and their bells jingling. ?
David Bowie : Pink Floyd got a hit, and for a few months they were moderately overground. And Syd just didn't want any part of that, so he opted out. And I understood why. I thought, 'Yeah, right, they're being accepted: nobody wants that.'
Ian Broudie (Lightning Seeds) : See Emily Play is my favourite record of all, possibly. It's total pop, but it uses all these backward pianos and cut-ups. Imagine, The Beatles were in Abbey Road and next door Syd Barrett was doing this
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David Bowie : Pink Floyd got a hit, and for a few months they were moderately overground. And Syd just didn't want any part of that, so he opted out. And I understood why. I thought, 'Yeah, right, they're being accepted: nobody wants that.'
Ian Broudie (Lightning Seeds) : See Emily Play is my favourite record of all, possibly. It's total pop, but it uses all these backward pianos and cut-ups. Imagine, The Beatles were in Abbey Road and next door Syd Barrett was doing this